If you felt like Muse was taken off the board too quickly in Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, you aren’t alone—the showrunner agrees with you. In an interview with EW following the Daredevil: Born Again finale, showrunner Dario Scardapane admitted that while Muse served his purpose for the Mayor Fisk arc, the character’s true potential hasn’t been tapped yet.
As such, Muse is officially returning for Season 3, and this time, the “art” is going to get a lot more personal with Heather Glenn behind the mask. The move was foreshadowed in the Season 2 finale and recent photos from the Season 3 set–and a photo shared online by Margarita Levieva–have already confirmed the villainous turn but Scardapane had quite a bit to say about how it came to be.
Scardapane was surprisingly open about the fan backlash regarding Muse’s apparent “exit” mid-way through Season 1.
This was a weird one because it had to do with a plot line that we inherited, that I felt we didn’t do justice to: the original Muse storyline in season 1. Because of what was filmed and what wasn’t filmed and what we could use and not use, it didn’t have the heft that I thought Muse deserved. But, again, we were limited by what we could shoot and what we had time and money for.
-Dario Scardapane
The showrunner also addressed the bombshell finale reveal involving Heather Glenn. Scardapane teased that the version we see in Season 3 will be evolved, potentially leaning into the supernatural or hyper-resilient elements of the comics.
Then I was really, really interested in the psychologist who’s dealing with trauma and is in this realm of Matt and Fisk. She has all these kinds of characters that are wearing masks. She’s been brutalized by a vigilante. In her mind, she started to confuse serial killers with vigilantes and became a press mouthpiece for Fisk. What happens if she literally puts on that trauma, and that trauma solves a lot of her conflict? We talked to Margarita about that. It seems supernatural if you watch the way it’s progressing, and now we have a Muse that isn’t just dropped in. Now you have the [character] development of, why would she become this thing? Why would she go to such a dark place? And I think you understand it. I don’t think anybody’s prepared exactly for where this is going, and that’s still fun.
-Dario Scardapane
Muse is arguably the most terrifying villain in Daredevil’s modern comic history. By admitting they “missed the mark” with the original character, the creative team is showing a rare level of accountability to the source material. Bringing Muse back as an antagonist for Season 3—especially with Matt Murdock’s identity now public—creates a terrifying dynamic where the hero is vulnerable and the villain is invisible.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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